The second game of the Chess World Cup final between Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and Magnus Carlsen ended in a draw after 30 moves.
World Champion D Gukesh has taken the joint lead at the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament after defeating his fellow Indian, P Harikrishna.
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Women's World chess Champion Hou Yifan of China left everyone stunned at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess tournament when she resigned in a controversial fashion after just five moves in her 10th and final round game against India's Lalith Babu.
Anand showed impressive form with a victory over Carlsen to lead the standings after the fifth round but was outgunned by Mamedyarov
Harika Dronavalli, a seasoned player, fulfilled her lifelong dream of winning an Olympiad medal after two decades.
The coin toss gave the Alaskan Knights the white pieces, with 20 minutes per player on the clock -- 40 minutes are alloted a match.
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Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa had drawn their previous three encounters in this format.
Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand posted his second win on the trot, defeating Bulgarian Veselin Topalov in the Classical section to take the lead at the Norway Chess tournament.
Chess will crown a new world champion when Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren begin their battle on Sunday.
Gukesh had an exciting match against Nepomniachtchi out of a Catalan opening game on Tuesday.
India's D. Gukesh and China's Ding Liren settled for a draw in the eighth round of the 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship
World chess champion Magnus Carlsen said on Monday he believed Hans Niemann had "cheated more - and more recently - than he has publicly admitted", adding he no longer wanted to play against the American and any rivals who repeatedly cheated in the past.
China would have been among the top medal contenders in the Olympiad and their absence would brighten India's chances.
In the blitz event played prior to the Classical, Anand had shocked world champion Carlsen in round seven on the way to a fourth-place finish.
Anand and Judit Polgar were the only players to finish unbeaten in the 14-player all-play-all tournament.
Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi scored crushing victories, while D Gukesh held on to the joint top spot with a draw in a brilliant sixth-round outing for the Indian men's team at the Candidates Chess Tournament in Toronto.
The Gashimov Memorial tournament this year is being played as a rapid and blitz chess tournament.
D Gukesh and R Praggnanadhaa played out their eighth draw in as many games at the Sinquefield Cup.
Viswanathan Anand drew his sixth round contest against Anish Giri of the Netherlands in the Classical section to slip to second place in the Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger.
Mumba's only win came on the prodigy board. Jonas Bjerre of American Gambits launched an all-out attack against Raunak Sadhwani, even sacrificing a piece.
After the draw with Iranian turned French player Firouza, Gukesh has seven points for his sole second spot.
In a kind gesture, Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand is giving financial support to the Indian team in their preparation for the World Blind Chess Championship to be held in Belgrade, Serbia from August 26 to September 4.
Magnus Carlsen on Monday criticised senior FIDE officials, including its deputy president Viswanathan Anand, for mishandling the dress code violation issue
The champion was ultimately decided in a series of sudden-death blitz games where the decisive outcome came in the fourth game.
Arjun also remained unbeaten through all the nine rounds and finished half a point ahead of Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov.
China's Ding Liren stormed back in fine fashion with a victory against Gukesh Dommaraju in Game 12 of the World Chess Championship 2024 to level the match at 6-6.
The announcement was made by Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on his Twitter page
Arjun Erigaisi is in joint lead with 4.5 points from five rounds along with World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Fedoseev after holding the Norwegian superstar in round five.
India's chess ace Viswanathan Anand defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in round seven of the blitz event of the Norway Chess on the way to a fourth-place finish.
'In the second half I had chances in many games. Today was a bad game, I won't draw too much out of it.'
Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram emerged champion in the 22nd Dubai Open chess tournament in Dubai on Sunday, with 7.5 points as seven Indians finished in the top 10 with R Praggnanandhaa sharing second spot with five others.
FIDE said it will do its utmost to find another organiser for the Olympiad and will provide more information in due time.
Gukesh follows in the footsteps of Anand, the only other Indian to win the Candidates
'Today, let us reaffirm our commitment to strive to realise Gandhiji's dreams. His watchwords, truth and nonviolence, will continue to remain relevant for the whole world. He also taught us that rights and duties are but the two sides of the coin - indeed, the true source of rights is duty. Today we recall his lessons in compassion too - compassion not only for our human neighbours but also for our other neighbours, namely, flora and fauna, rivers and mountains.'
India's chess ace Dronavalli Harika was among the several players who were allegedly sent sexually abusive mail during an event in Latvia in November last year.
Anand and Radjabov drew their Classical match in 42 moves in a Guicco Pianissimo game.
It has bolstered the home team's medal chances at the 14-day event, which is expected to see massive participation from more than 150 countries.
He finished 11th in the standings with 19 points with the top eight going through to the knockout phase at the ongoing Airthings Masters.
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